The evolution of asymmetry in sexual isolation: A model and a test case

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1024-1033

  Arnold, Stevan J ^a   Verrell, Paul A ^a,c   Tilley, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymetric sexual isolation; Desmognathus ochrophaeus; quantitative genetics model; reproductive isolation; sexual isolation; sexual selection; triple Gaussian model

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SEXUAL ISOLATION; MOUNTAIN DUSKY SALAMANDER; SEXUAL ISOLATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DESMOGNATHUS OCHROPHAEUS;

EID: 0029661709     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb02343.x     Document Type: Article

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